Large Scale Structure of the Universe

Take
a journey to the Virgo Cluster and learn about the structure of
the local supercluster.

The Most Massive Cluster of Galaxies in the Universe

IfA
astronomers combine images from Mauna Kea with data from an orbiting
X-ray satellite to map out a vast concentration of Dark Matter.

Stellar Collisions

Videos
of computer simulation of what happens when stars collide

Merging galaxies

Astronomers
use computers to predict the outcome of collisions between
galaxies, such as the production of quasars.

Adaptive optics

Astronomers
at Mauna Kea have developed techniques for removing the image distortions
produced by the Earth's atmosphere. By using a clever combination
of optics and computers they can now obtain images that are sharper
than those from the Hubble Space Telescope.